Hi all:

As I recall, at some point VW began recommending that the wavy spring
washer that comes with CV joints *not* be installed.  Anybody know
why?

The reason I ask is that I removed my old transmission today and both
CV joints had transmission oil in them; one had *lots* of oil, the
other just a little.  When I installed the trans a few years ago (a
used one from a junkyard) I installed new oil seals at the drive
flanges and installed new CV joints.  I had the CV joints pressed on
by a shop (they actually sent it out to someone else to have it done)
and when I picked then up the spring washers were installed!  I
objected, but the guy who owns the shop called the machinist who
installed them and he assured me that they would be just fine.  I
wasn't really in a position to argue about it one way or the other, so
I just took the axle shafts and installed them.

Anyway, I was wondering if the inclusion of the spring washers in any
way contributed to the "oil in the CV joints" problem.  So, why did VW
make the change with regard to these things?

TIA.
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Tom Young                      tomyoung1@home.com
Lafayette, CA 94549        '81 Vanagon
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